forum media offices in gaza come under fire from israel which maintains it's only aiming at terrorists. among other targets civilian homes and refugee camps while television comes under rocket attack yet again. in all the stories from this week israel's troops exchanged fire with syria where the rebels are gaining more support from the west to get rid of the assad regime. and the. back in recession as millions take to the streets in the first coordinated plan european strike to demand an end to turkey. and as china finishes its once in a decade power transfer with new leaders taking over the country's top post we find out what challenges lie ahead for beijing.

in the back of the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. foreign reporters in gods are a force to scramble as the offices of targeted by israeli bombs several journalists have been wounded tel aviv says it wants to send gaza back to the middle ages and is preparing a ground invasion while militants retaliate with unguarded rockets. as the latest. the reports we're receiving is that hoff of the people who have so far been treated at shifa hospital which is the biggest hospital in gaza city off of the people being rushed there are in fact children the hospital is simply not coping it's running short of space and also medical supplies at the same time there was an israeli air force strike ten members of the same family killed when a three story building in which they were collapsed around him were also witnessing

an increase in the progress of german sister organization you see on your have an office in gaza city and just an hour after they risk their office because of electricity cuts that office was destroyed by an israeli air force strike the israeli air force has targeted two media buildings and the army is not apologetic for this it says that it was infact talking unification antenna on the roof of the buildings that are being used by her most and that the i.d.f. did in fact know that there were journalists in this building we do know that several people among them journalists have been injured so we're hearing from the army that they were aware of these foreign journalists and that it's becoming increasingly more dangerous for foreign journalists to work inside gaza and get the story out two rockets have been intercepted in the skies over television now they were intercepted by the iron dome missile defense system that was only launched of the city on saturday this is the fifth straight day that tel aviv has been on the receiving end of a long range brainier made missiles while talking to people here in tel aviv

certainly immediately after we had these two missiles that were intercepted the general mood here is that the mall tel aviv comes under the firing line of missiles the more the government is going to be more prone to wardes launching a ground offensive there has continued to be movement of tanks and armored personnel vehicles along the israeli gaza border we also heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at his weekly cabinet meeting that he will significantly expand his operation in gaza and many people are reading into that that that means that a ground offensive is on the. cards the idea of cheats also ordered an increase in the number of sorties a day and militants in gaza so we are expecting that there are also be an increase in is strikes over that over gaza city in addition to this we having seventy five thousand reservists who are gathering in the south of the country they haven't been given orders as far as we're aware but certainly they are positioned well positioned to move into gaza if indeed they are called on to do that in london

however has warned the tel aviv government not to go ahead with any kind of ground offensive saying that this will merely not be made well in the international community and of be hard to justify but we have however heard from the american president barack obama and he said that israel has the right to protect itself so there is a reliance amongst israelis that if they go ahead with this ground offensive they will receive support as they always have in the past from washington the army has also sealed all roads around gaza so those two and now they indicated that a ground offensive could be just a matter of hours if not days away. or correspondent paula spear should be keeping updated on their own as well and you can follow her twitter stream for the latest developments and all of the arabic correspondents who work you have been working in the media office in gaza just before israeli rockets hit it and this is what he told us earlier. had. no one expected this during the strikes power supplies often get cut off and then it becomes really difficult for us to find fuel

for the generator at that moment we decided to take a break in our work and go look for gas so that we can continue working early in the morning we left at around one am and added to it all have some of our friends are now in hospital just a little while ago there was a press conference where it was said that such an attack must be completely ruled out as a journalist can become targets for strikes a correspondent should share what he or she sees with the world even israeli journalists report from gaza it's unacceptable that media workers get attacked in such a way that in situations like this we usually don't go to our homes just like we did maturing that has still a tease of two thousand and eight in two thousand and nine even though we know this is really dangerous up to the point of a ground operation however we prefer to stay at the office using any chance to do our job whenever the electricity comes on and when the electricity was off we decided to go look for generator fuel and that's what saved us we're talking about

four tower blocks in gaza that have been used by media outlets since two thousand but during the war in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine israel struck these buildings too that some of our colleagues were injured and we know that we do a dangerous job. when i interviewed israeli defense force spokes person a talib of it she said the general is hurt an israeli strikes only have themselves to blame. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and ten as these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was a little bit of. it as a result of the explosives on the windows shattered in the one but the direction

was not to the floors but rather than ten as the communication centers on the roof i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we are determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza but of course what the international community is really concerned about now is the increasing number of civilian deaths now last night i spoke with one of your colleagues joe sherman he claimed the mass is actually rounding up civilians to shield targets you're about to bomb now now how can a mass possibly know your exact targets and respond quickly enough hamas to start getting all the israeli cities you're more than welcome to spend just two hours in one of the biggest israeli cities that were targeted for the past two years either be'er sheva or ashkelon which dog each of these cities have more than two hundred

thousand people did you ever feel what it's like to run into a shelter and have fifteen seconds to do it or to raise children in a family inside a shelter protected room and sleep there night after night this is not something normal this should not be this way but of course you can also i also as we can also cause the same question of course i beg to differ because you can't make this equation hamas the star getting sick. villianous we are not looking to target civilians we are targeting terrorists why is it can i ask you then the very reason the call reason why this is happening is because of israeli policy towards the gazans the way they've been suffering from this blockade that has been the provocation as well blockade there is a border to region of the roughest border it's opened do you know that every day we allow patients from gaza to get hospitalization in israel despite the rocket fire do you know that we supply electricity today as we supply truckloads with supplies every day even today as a matter of fact more than one hundred thirty trucks entered gaza with

a variety of supplies according to the requests this spite of the rocket fire what other country in the world would act this way. well filmmaker an activist harry fear is in gaza area after these bombings on media centers held two journalists feel that the moment it is safe for them to carry on with their work. well it's definitely not safe but things perhaps more grave than they were a week ago obviously as a result of the targeting of journalists today people members of the media having to act with a lot more in terms of their movements what sort of footage that able to actually get of the sort of people they're evil even able to speak to talking to people that might be targeted for example then puts the journalists in danger earlier i interviewed a representative from the israeli military and i think you heard some of that interview just a little earlier and she said that if journalists decide to place themselves in the

mass facility that is a mistake. well well how mass is the government here hamas is responsible for the police force here hamas is responsible for the health centers here hamas is partially responsible for most of the schools here so how is everywhere here in gaza how are the gazan people meant to avoid mass. she also said in that interview that israel is sending trucks one of the. helping the injured have you seen any sign of. well i've been in hospital one hour ago and i can tell you that they are still in critical need of medical supplies so if a truckload or x. number of truckloads have gone in it's definitely not enough what about of the moment we were hearing from paula a little earlier she was in tel aviv saying that a ground operation could well be like one of the feelings there in gaza is it is there a strong feeling that the ground operation is imminent. yes well today because of the attacks on the media centers and because of the killing of about four children

here and what's being called in gaza the massacre today things look like they're going to escalate very quickly after what was in relative terms a low yesterday and so things are looking here more grave and gazans are saying to me in the increased numbers that they are preparing for israel to invade in the next twenty four hours that wasn't being said yesterday how are they preparing and what are the implications of a ground invasion the last one four years ago many more civilian deaths. but we're seeing that more volunteers at the hospitals we're seeing increased and continuing stockpiling of resources we're seeing international delegations and international regional delegates saying that they're going to try and get medical supplies and people are expecting this to continue certainly international. gazans here. just briefly the israeli defense minister said that multiple militant groups are behind these current rocket attacks but israel is only holding how mass responsible

why is that. while hamas has not been able to control all of the different militant groups in gaza for years now and the result of we're just seeing some explosions now possession here i'm hearing f. sixteen. i'm hearing explosions here. hamas has not been able to control all of the militant groups here in gaza for example the islamic jihad often acts you know that's really when it's. israel and so holding hamas responsible is kind of a collective punishment on hamas and what. i heard just in from the mass is still behind many of those rocket attacks though. yes the overwhelming majority of rocket attacks on israeli territory that pass through the green line down to hamas now where are you at the moment you said you heard some jets above you knowing that the media centers are safe so where you run oh yes well we're now in a makeshift media center in a car park here in west gaza city in what is meant to be the green zone but as you

can just hopefully of hugs we said three or four explosions in the last one minute with you here we have sixteen drones continually flying above our heads here in west gaza city and what do you think those jets are aiming at at the moment you all obviously not far from where those explosions are can you have any indication as to what they're targeting. well they could be targeting for example political members of hamas they could be targeting people who israel thinks are responsible for supporting rocket fire sounds ready territory these are the supposed targets according to israel but earlier today we've seen as i said what's being called in gaza and al glee massacred by so many gazans the al dillo must go whether the building that they targeted the family home was full of civilians only presumably that means that you yourself are in danger along with the other people where you are at the moment. well i'm happy to be on live television because i think that increases my security somewhat well it's good to hear from you keep safe thank you

very much indeed for joining us live from gaza as we heard explosions there in the background during that live broadcast thank you very much indeed harry fish. who displayed reportedly being sent into gaza u.n. spokesman chris gunness says gaza is heading for humanitarian disaster due to political failure israeli bombing runs and the notorious blockade. we were hearing as others that the situation in shifa hospital is deteriorating very rapidly and let's not forget that even before this latest flare up in violence shifa hospital had been hit by the blockade there was a lack of medicines there was a lack of training a lack of equipment so and already bad situation in that hospital one of the largest in the occupied palestinian territory has been made worse there are shortages according to the world health organization of essential and lifesaving

drugs what we're seeing in gaza is the result of political failure we call on the politicians and the people who are able to make peace to redouble their efforts to do so because for every hour that goes past another child another woman another civilian the elderly the sick the dying they are in harm's way it's a situation which we in the united nations and in under find unacceptable in must end and it must and forthwith. on air and also online we bring you the latest from the middle east with live updates on twitter stream and our website r.t. dot com you can log on to find out about an unexpected third party joining forces with the guardians. outraged with what they have proclaimed an ongoing abuse of human rights internet hacktivist group anonymous declares cyber war on israel you can find out the details about their online crusade on our web site also understand from our correspondent in tel aviv at the moment she's saying that two have been

killed in an attack in central gaza two people killed in an attack that's the latest from a correspondent. scandal gripped the very top of the american military establishment this week because they press in the trenches afghanistan became the latest victim of an f.b.i. uncovered love triangle more on that story coming up very shortly and altie and. china gets its next challenge she's paying will need a new group of officials to herald the country's growth further after the break we'll look at what problems beijing's economy might face stay with us.

live. live live.

live . it's completely. illegal. culture is that so much about the taxpayers' money when there is a phrase it means

a lot of people at area china has successfully transition to sell through another leadership change the last decade has witnessed this country transformed a tremendous speed. sisters. miss it's in. my daddy. a lot of. bands and. rancid business. download the official ati application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v.

all you need is your mobile device to watch our team any time any of it. is just towards a very welcome this is all t. love her moscow in addition for. the conflict with a mass in gaza israel has also been fighting on its northern front the israeli defense force confirmed they fired artillery into neighboring syria in response to gunfire aimed at its troops in the disputed golan heights the first time in forty years israel has fired into syria now that came amid reports rebels captured an airport in the east of syria strengthening their hold of the iraqi border post this week western attempts to oust president assad gained momentum with france and turkey recognizing the new opposition group the national coalition ministers are expected to scuttle lifting an arms embargo on monday paving the way for direct

weapons deliveries to rebels iran has already responded saying that would amount to organized terrorism academic and political activist talk to you as an abdullah says arms deliveries may help the opposition to achieve their goals. i don't think this is very unlikely i mean they may well decide to go ahead with this especially that they feel that the rebels so far have not achieved what they were what they were. all designed to achieve i mean they're receiving very surprising weapons mess souls there and downing aircrafts there's even concern inside syria that the rebels may threaten to simulate aviation they are sending in huge numbers of jihad as a crew across the across the borders however have not achieved military emperors that is able to counterpart the syrian government recently the u.k. armed forces talking about safe havens or even. partial or very limited

intervention on the syrian borders they may well benefit from very limited no fly zones provided by by these nations around the syrian borders and that may change the balance that may not completely took me off some influence that will be enough credit for them to start negotiating the syrian government. the sex scandal which claimed the head of the cia former general david petraeus this week turned on the man that took over from him as commander of the u.s. military in afghanistan general jones career is now in trouble after it was revealed he had also exchanged e-mails with the tampa socialite to buttress his extramarital affair fullness to trans stepped down after admitting to a relationship with his biographer paula broadwell she's being investigated by the f.b.i. and the negationists again access to some of these classified data he however denies

any leaks colonel john cook who served in afghanistan fia's believes the tress should actually have resigned long before his failure in the afghan campaign. there's a lot of discussions going on that to tommy a suspect and that it was all done for political purposes we still have the unanswered questions. to bring godfrey issue but as far as his relationship with mr broadwell i give him much lower marks for his actions in combat than i do in the bedroom he should have resigned when his counterinsurgency strategy failed to produce results some comms we take our military leaders and we build a very nice resume for them and it catches on and everybody starts to drink and from the same well i hold our military commanders to a very high look we put young men in risk there and they give it everything they've got and at the policy has failed we have young man and how school right now all

over this country that will die in afghanistan next summer for no other reason than profiting off a corrupt in a lock in criminal enterprise which is what the karzai government has become that's mob real problem with it i was a soldier for over twenty years so i care deeply about those young men and women. some other international headlines this least three people have been killed and many more injured by an explosion in central iraq the attack is such a targeted police officers it was reportedly carried out by a suicide car bomber who ran a vehicle full of explosives into a police checkpoint iraq has been struggling to find stability after u.s. led coalition forces withdrew from the country following years of occupation. brought the bombers in thailand on his first official trip abroad since being reelected three country tour of southeast asia is part of a shift in american foreign policy with deeper commitment to a region that seeing growing chinese influence a bomber is due to travel to cambodia next and will then become the first ever u.s.

president to visit. a bus explosion in the kenyan capital has claimed the lives of at least seven people were wounded dozens the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device in a busy area densely populated by somali immigrants it's currently being investigated who could be behind the assault kenya has been suffering from attacks blamed on sympathizers of somalia's al qaeda linked islam is rebels. the eurozone has been hit by a second recession according to figures published on thursday this just hours after twenty four hour strikes or more than twenty european countries virtually paralyzed as people once again vented their frustration over disintegrating economies reports . saying i. agree. and portugal. your debt rating countries join together with many others for the

continent cross border strike from the beginning it was clear that emotions were running high in many places the dreadful violence and after. the break the. first thing of the day. between the protests and the rightly. this package right on the street to make sure it's not really got more symbolic candy for the feast of by the people say there are right now all across there are the three legged governments and between the people themselves this is why the old therapy back of. where the bullets and violent confrontations with the authorities coming in on t. familiar sight the confidence leaders stand for the disparity is a necessary evil cut the sky high deficit. only bend the fourteenth the people of europe seem to have formed the county union to fight back against the prevailing tide of the stereotypic ahead of next week's budget meeting brussels will have been

watching closely as the scenes of police and protesters battling one another played out across the nobel peace prize winning. the dreaded. protests over cuts turn violent and some of the most european states including italy portugal and spain where unemployment is of unprecedented levels so if you're just call a stoke loss who took part in wednesday's strike believes that with the round half of young spaniards already out of work more cuts won't save anything. a protest isn't about a solution a protest is normally about something you don't want so in this case what they're protesting is easy to austerity is cuts in social spending and cuts in social rights and the expansion of social misery people can make the argument that austerity is a solution to the current problems being faced by your the european citizenry and in particular by the southern european citizenry the problem is what does that

austerity mean is that neoliberal e.u. austerity where you cut basically all of those all of the social protection that keeps people from descending down to a sort of downward spiral of social misery and with all of that escalating conflict or do you leave social protection in place and cut in places where there really is overspending such as a bank bailouts and and and areas like these. a lot it's way out of economic trouble the u.k. faces some disturbing problems of its own the morale of the families and even the malls as a rock bottom with almost every single office of feeling abandoned by the government . plus europeans from countries that used to be magnets for migrants are now forced to move themselves as prices dipping mining that's the story. off of the break.

texas wants to pull away from the usa in fact at least twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what suspicion will never happen it is a very easy thing to do decide a petition and it is another thing entirely to leave the usa that little civil war thing that happened back then does anyone the usa honestly think that they are gov has the ball determination to act. bell i don't think there is a single george washington type among them well maybe just see victoria kind of but he's out of office how do what makes it seem like revolution or succession is this fun cool easy thing to do with cool slogans and texan flags flying but the reality looks a lot more like the arab spring before you put your name on the dotted line as a seed you should really understand what that means and what you're in for the founding.